KEONI WRIGHT

WRIGHT VS. NEW YORK: Get used to the name of that lawsuit. Brownsville native Keoni Wright, father of twin girls, is the named plaintiff in a case that, if successful, could force a rewrite of state laws that make it next to impossible to fire tenured teachers.

AlongsideAl id high-profilehi h fil allieslli Campbell Brown and attorney David Boies, Wright argues that the statutes disproportionately saddle lowincome kids with burnout teachers.

If the court action succeeds, as a similar suit did in California last year, teachers unions will get a huge punch in the gut — and millions of kids will get the promise of better classroom teachers.